MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2003-0400

Content Suite vulnerability

CVSS
5.0
EPSS
3.5%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
Vignette StoryServer and Vignette V/5 does not properly calculate the size of text variables, which causes Vignette to return unauthorized portions of memory, as demonstrated using the "-->" string in a CookieName argument to the login template, referred to as a "memory leak" in some reports.
Affected vendor
Vignette
Affected product
Content Suite
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Published
2003-06-30

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 3.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2003-0400

  • Confirm whether Vignette Content Suite is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2003-0400.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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